Parking meter mounting



HQQSENG Zfifiiifiiil PARKING METER MOUNTING Filed Oct. 31, 1947- Van mima M,

dull J.

Patented Nov. 8, 1949 West VirginiaSte'el and Manufacturing Com* pany,Huntington, W. Va, a corporation of West Virginia Application October31, 1947, SerialNo. 783,268

Claims.

Theinvention relates generally to mounting devices and:more particularlyto mounting devices especially adaptable for supporting parking metersina manner assuring against unauthorized removal.

In the use of the parking meters now extensively ".employed in cities inan effort to render more equitably available the limited parking"spaces, "problems have been presented by theft-and vandalism, as byremoval as a whole of the parking'meters'from the standards upon which"they are'mounted, and it has been found that the tubular mountingscustomarily employed' not. only are. relatively costly but alsoaresubj'ect to objectionable inside corrosion. It is an "object of thepresent invention to provide a novel parking meter mounting which issimple and inexpensive'to manufacture, avoids the use of closed'tubularsupporting standards and the objectionable internal corrosion incidentalthereto, and includes novel securing means which will permit easyremoval of the meter by -properly authorized "personspbut will defyattempts at removal by unauthorized persons.

In its more detailed nature the invention residesin providing a novel park-mg. meter mounting in which the meter includes an interioraccessible only through a locked door, and a depending socket mountableover the upper end of a supporting standard, the meter being secureduponthe standard through the medium of an attaching element havingconnection with the standard. and passingupwardly through a floorportion of the meter intothe interiorthereof, and-there being includedsecuring means connected with the attaching element and accessible onlyin the locked interior of the meter.

An object of the invention is to provide a mounting of the characterstated in which the attaching element is in the form of a bolt removablyconnected with a web of the standard within the confines of the socket,and a nut removably mounted on the bolt within the locked interior ofthe meter.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mounting of thecharacter stated in which the standard is in the form of an H-beam andthe bolt is removably mounted and confined against rotation in a T-slotformed in the center web of said standard.

With the above andother objects in view that" will hereinafter appear,the nature of the lnven-a tion will be more clearly understood byreference to the following-detailed description, the ap-' pended claims,and the several views illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the drawings:

Figure 'l is a rearrace view illustrating the invention, parts beingbrokenaway'and in section.

Figure 2 is a central". vertical cross sectionshowing the partsillustrated in Figure "1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 on Figure 2.

Figure=4 is a fragmentary face view illustratingthe top portion 'of theH--beam supporting standard.

Figure 5 is a'fragmentary view like Figure 2' showing the partial"assembly :of the mounting with the bolt head restingon the H -beam web.

In the drawing in which like numeral referencecharacters'indicatelikepartsin all of the figures; there is shown aconventional form'of parking meter generally designated 5 and which hasthe interior B'thereof in which the indicating devices (not shown) aremounted, and intowhich the coins fall accessiblethrough' a removablelock door 1; The door maybe releasable by properly authorized personsthrough manipulationx'of a suitable key 8.

The meter casing is provided with a depend.- ingrectangularmountingsocket 9 receivable upon the upper end of an H-beam standardIll. The center web of the standard is providedwith an invertedT-slot'which extends through the upper extremity thereof in the mannerclearly illustrated in Figure 4. The slot 1 l is adapted to removablyreceive a securing bolt 12 with the upper end thereof extended above theslot and passing through an aperture l3 in the floor portion M of themeter head. The interior portion of the meter head into which the upperend extremity of the bolt extends is accessible only through the lockdoor 1.

In the mounting of the meter head the slot I5 of the bolt head receivesthe upper edge extremity of the web I6 of the standard with the upperend of the bolt extending into the interior of the meter casing in themanner clearly illustrated in Figure 5. It is to be assumed, of course,that the lock door 1 has been removed or swung away so as to make theinterior of the meter casing accessible. The securing nut I1 is thenapplied to the bolt and turned home to draw up the bolt and tightlysecure the meter casing on the upper end extremity of the standard 10.As the nut is tightened the bolt is lifted until the slot in its headclears the standard web and the shoulder of the bolt head tightlyengages the corners of the T-slot II. The resting of the bolt head slotI5 over the web greatly facilitates the initial handling of theassembly, and the engagement of the bolt head in the T-slot holds thesame against free rotation during the securing of the nut.

It will also be apparent that the standard receiving socket of the metercasing extends well below the lower extremity of the T-slot ll so as tohide the same from view and frustrate tampering. The securing bolt [2 isso placed within the skirt web slot and the casing socket 9 that itwould be impossible for a vandal to reach the same with a hammer, saw orother tool in an effort to destroy or release the mounting securingdevices. On the other hand, it is a very simple matter for an authorizedperson to manipulate the key 8 and remove the access obstructing door I,after which the nut I I may be readily removed to free the bolt andpermit the removal of the meter from the supporting standard l0.

While one form of the invention has been shown for purposes ofillustration, it is to be clearly understood that various changes in thedetails of construction and arrangement of parts may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in theappended claims.

I claim:

1. In a parking meter mounting, a supporting standard including anuprightly disposed web,

a parking meter having a depending socket mountable over the upper endof the standard and an interior accessible only through a locked doorand defined in part by a floor portion, and means for securing the meterto the standard and including an attaching element connected with theweb and passing upwardly through the floor portion and a removablesecuring element attached to the attaching element and accessible onlyinthe locked interior of the meter.

2. In a parking meter mounting, a supporting 3. In a parking metermounting, a supporting standard including an uprightly disposed Web, aparking meter having a depending socket mountable over the upper end ofthe standard and an interior accessible only through a locked door anddefined in part by a fioor portion, and means for securing the meter tothe standard and including a unitary attaching bolt directly connectedwith the web and passing upwardly through said floor portion into theinterior of the meter, and a securing nut on said bolt member accessiblefor removal only in the locked interior of the meter.

4. In a parking meter mounting, an H-beam supporting standard having aninverted T- shaped slot in the upper end extremity of its center web, aparking meter having a depending socket mountable over the upper end ofthe standard and of a depth great enough to extend below said slot, saidmeter also having an interior accessible only through a locked door anddefined in part by a bottom portion, and attaching bolt having its headconfined against rotation in the T -head of said slot and its shankextending upwardly through the slot standard and the bottom portion intothe interior of the meter, and a securing nut removably secured on saidbolt within said meter interior.

5. In a parking meter mounting, an H-beam' supporting standard having aninverted T- shaped slot in the upper end extremity "of its center web, aparking meter having a depending socket mountable over the upper end ofthe standard and of a depth great enough to' extend below said slot,said meter also having an interior accessible only through a lockeddoor, and defined in part by a bottom portion, an attaching bolt havingits head confined against rotation in the T-head of said slot and itsshank extending upwardly through the slot standard and the bottomportion into the interior of the meter, and a securing nut removablysecured on said bolt within said meter interior, said bolt head having aslot therein in which the standard web portion in part defining the headof the T-sl-ot is receivable.

BORGE ROSING.

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